The 450- to 460-mc emergency communications band is, in a sense, between vhf and microwaves as far as unidirectional antennas are concerned; therefore, antennas commonly used for both applications are practical possibilities for this band. It is the purpose of this paper to summarize the characteristics of several types of antennas that might be used for this application. While there are many type...
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Mr. Chairman, Commissioner Webster, distinguished guests and members of the IRE Professional Group for Vehicular Communications: It is a particularly keen plessure to speak to this group, and to have the opportunity to express the appreciation which the Army Signal Corps has for the contributions made by members of this group (some of them present, many of them absent) toward the development and p...
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